defend yourself. but if not, we're not going to litigate this for months and months. i would say, the house democrats should take the vote for prudential reasons. it's not required to do so, but timidity is not a great political trait, and the political reporting overnight is -- >> and you think nancy pelosi's being timid? >> they have essentially acknowledged that they want to protect these seven or eight vulnerable democrats from having to take a hard vote. i think you take the vote. that's why people ran for congress. but look, i don't question her strategy, per se. i think there are prudential reasons to go ahead and take the vote, but at the end of the day, they don't need to take the vote and they don't need the testimony of these senior officials. they have enough corroborating evidence to go now on an impeachment vote on the president, and i believe other senior ranking officials. >> all right. in the category of your word is your bond, i want to play something lindsey graham said 20 years ago, and then what he had to say this week. please watch this. >> the day richard nixon failed to answer that subpoena is the day that he was subject to impeachment because he took the